India

  • Centre may agree on JPC to break stalemate
    NEW Delhi, February 8 (Agencies): Indicating that the deadlock in parliament over the opposition’s demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum scam could finally end, the g
  • ‘Guns, stones give nothing to Kashmir’
    JAMMU, February 8 (Agencies): Guns and stones have given nothing to the people of Kashmir Valley “except death and destruction”, says senior political leader and Agriculture Minister Ghulaam Hassan
  • Security guard bends down to clean Mayawati’s shoes, opposition slams CM
    AURAIYA, February 8 (PTI): A personal security officer of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati touched a new low when he bent down to wipe her dusty shoes with his handkerchief during her visit to the district
  • German, Swiss govts promise help on black money; assert secrecy
    NEW Delhi, February 6 (PTI): Germany and Switzerland have promised full support to India in unearthing black money stashed in their countries, but have asserted that their secrecy clause - barring Indian govern
  • “Public Relations sector is fast emerging as one of the most powerful sectors”
    Guwahati, February 5 (MExN): Madhuchanda Adhikari Choudhury, chairperson of Public Relations Society of India Guwahati Chapter presented a report of the PRSI National Conference that was held in Kolkata from De
  • Maruti’s luxurious sporty sedan Kizashi
    Maruti Suzuki India Chief Executive Officer Shinzo Nakanishi, right, and managing executive officer of sales and marketing Mayank Pareek pose next to a Maruti Suzuki Kizashi at its India launch in New Delhi, Fe
  • Rs 2 L cost imposed on Merc India
    New Delhi, February 6 (Agencies): Premier luxury car manufacturer Mercedes Benz and one of its Chennai-based dealers have been ordered by the national consumer commission to pay Rs 2 lakh as damages to a custom
  • Legal order must constantly adapt itself to change: PM
    Hyderabad, February 6 (Agencies): Developing countries needed a legal system that was conducive to rapid economic development and one that had a bulit-in mechanism to promote equitable distribution of gains fro
  • Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Party to merge with Cong
    NEW Delhi, February 6 (PTI): Congress in Andhra Pradesh today got a major boost today when actor Chiranjeevi announced the merger of his Praja Rajyam Party with it that could come as a breather for the ruling p
  • Karunanidhi sends notice to Swamy over 2G remarks
    CHENNAI, February 6 (Agencies): Rejecting charges of his involvement in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M. Karunanidhi on Sunday issued a legal notice to Janata Party pr
  • JuD leaders chant ‘jihad’, would not mind Indo-Pak N-war
    ISLAMABAD, February 6 (PTI): Extremist leaders, including Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, have stepped up calls for jihad against India, even advocating the use of nuclear weapons if needed in the R
  • Don’t approach law officers directly for legal opinion: Govt
    New Delhi, February 6 (PTI): Unhappy with its law officers giving independent advice to various ministries without consulting it, the law ministry has shot off a letter to all central ministries and departments
  • Pranab to make another bid to break Parliament deadlock
    New Delhi, February 6 (PTI): With budget session a fortnight away, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government begins a fresh exercise on Tuesday to resolve the deadlock in Parliament on the issue of Joint
  • Gandhi, Akbar among TIME magazine’s top icons
    New York, February 6 (PTI): Indian political geniuses Mahatma Gandhi and Emperor Akbar have been listed among the ‘Top 25 Political Icons’ of all time by TIME magazine, along with Tibetan spiritual
  • Indian Oil Corp may build $5 billion refinery in Turkey
    ISTANBUL, February 5 (Reuters): Indian Oil Corp (IOC) is interested in building a $5 billion refinery in Turkey and is currently carrying out feasibility work on the project, junior trade minister, Jyotiraditya
  • BSNL 3G subscribers to touch 3-mn mark
    MUMBAI, February 5 (PTI): State-run telecom entity Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) expects its 3G (third generation) mobile services subscriber base to touch the 3-million mark by March this year, a senior
  • ‘Karunanidhi involved in 2G scam’
    New Delhi, February 5 (Agencies): Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy today strongly pleaded for continuance of his private complaint in the 2G spectrum case before a Delhi court, which asked him whether there
  • Yeddyurappa to make assets public on Sunday
    BELGAUM, February 5 (Agencies): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa Saturday said he would Sunday make public his assets in response to continued allegations by opposition parties that he has amassed billio
  • Ind-Pak foreign secretaries to meet today
    Thimphu, February 5 (Agencies): Making a fresh attempt to restart the bilateral dialogue process, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir will meet here tomorrow during which
  • Christians reject Somasekhara report, demand CBI probe
    Bangalore, February 5 (PTI): Unanimously rejecting the Somasekhara report, absolving BJP and Sangh Parivar from the attacks on churches and prayer halls in several places in Karnataka in 2008, the Christian com